Flags for fallen officers

Members of the Anderson County Fraternal Order of Police placed flags on the graves of fallen officers in honor of National Law Enforcement Officers Month.

Mike Loftis, a retired law enforcement officer with the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, places a pair of flags at the grave of William Ligon Acker in the Silver Brook Cemetery. Acker was a member of the Anderson Police Department who died after he was hit by a car while crossing a street in 1956. Loftis and other members of the Anderson County Fraternal Order of Police marked 19 graves in honor of National Law Enforcement Officers Month and Peace Officers Memorial Day, which will be May 15.

Anderson Independent Mail

Mike Loftis places a pair of flags at the grave of Willis Edwin Sanders in the Silver Brook Cemetery. Sanders was a member of the Anderson Police Department who was fatally shot while investigating a burglary in 1947. Loftis and other members of the Anderson County Fraternal Order of Police marked 19 graves in honor of National Law Enforcement Officers Month and Peace Officers Memorial Day, which will be May 15.

Anderson Independent Mail

Mike Loftis, a retired law enforcement officer with the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, places a pair of flags at the grave of William Ligon Acker in the Silver Brook Cemetery. Acker was a member of the Anderson Police Department who died after he was hit by a car while crossing a street in 1956. Loftis and other members of the Anderson County Fraternal Order of Police marked 19 graves in honor of National Law Enforcement Officers Month and Peace Officers Memorial Day which will be May 15.

Anderson Independent Mail

Mike Loftis stands at the grave of William Ligon Acker in the Silver Brook Cemetery after marking it with a pair of flags. Acker was a member of the Anderson Police Department who died after he was hit by a car while crossing a street in 1956. Loftis and other members of the Anderson County Fraternal Order of Police marked 19 graves in honor of National Law Enforcement Officers Month and Peace Officers Memorial Day, which will be May 15.

Anderson Independent Mail

Jerry Johnson stands at the grave of William Lennis Gibson in the Silver Brook Cemetery in Anderson after marking the headstone with a pair of flags. Gibson, an officer with the Anderson Police Department, died in a traffic accident while patrolling East River Street in 1924. May is National Law Enforcement Officers Month, and Peace Officers Memorial Day will be May 15.

Anderson Independent Mail

Mike Loftis takes a picture after marking the headstone of William Lennis Gibson in the Silver Brook Cemetery in Anderson with a pair of flags. May is National Law Enforcement Officers Month, and Peace Officers Memorial Day will be May 15.

Anderson Independent Mail

William Ligon Acker was a city of Anderson police officer who died after he was hit by a car while crossing a street in 1956.

Anderson Independent Mail

Mike Loftis stands at the grave of Willis Edwin Sanders after marking it with a pair of flags. Sanders was a member of the Anderson Police Department who was shot to death while investigating a burglary in 1947. Loftis and other members of the Anderson County Fraternal Order of Police marked 19 graves in honor of National Law Enforcement Officers Month and Peace Officers Memorial Day, which will be May 15.

Anderson Independent Mail

Mike Loftis, right, hands Ray Taylor a pair of flags to be placed at the grave of an Anderson County law enforcement officer who was killed in the line of duty. Members of the Anderson County Fraternal Order of Police placed flags at 19 graves on Tuesday in honor of National Law Enforcement Officers Month.

Anderson Independent Mail

Mike Loftis, right, hands Ray Taylor a pair of flags to be placed at the grave of an Anderson County law enforcement officer who was killed in the line of duty. Members of the Anderson County Fraternal Order of Police placed flags at 19 graves Tuesday in honor of National Law Enforcement Officers Month.

Anderson Independent Mail

Mike Loftis places a pair of flags at the grave of Willis Edwin Sanders in the Silver Brook Cemetery. Sanders was a member of the Anderson Police Department who was shot to death while investigating a burglary in 1947. Loftis and other members of the Anderson County Fraternal Order of Police marked 19 graves in honor of National Law Enforcement Officers Month and Peace Officers Memorial Day, which will be May 15.

Anderson Independent Mail

William Lennis Gibson was an officer with the Anderson Police Department who died in a traffic accident while patrolling East River Street in 1924.

Anderson Independent Mail

Ray Taylor holds a pair of flags Tuesday to be placed at the grave of an Anderson County law enforcement officer who died in the line of duty. Taylors son Chris Taylor was fatally shot during a traffic stop in 1992 and his is one of 19 graves that will be marked with the flags during National Law Enforcement Officers Month.

Anderson Independent Mail

Willis Edwin Sanders was a member of the Anderson Police Department who was fatally shot while investigating a burglary in 1947.

Anderson Independent Mail

Mike Loftis, left, and Jerry Johnson stand at the grave of William Lennis Gibson in the Silver Brook Cemetery in Anderson after marking the headstone with a pair of flags. Gibson, a city of Anderson police officer, died in a traffic accident while patrolling East River Street in 1924. May is National Law Enforcement Officers Mont, and Peace Officers Memorial Day will be May 15.